Blog Posts From Field work with Nature Live Tagged With yetihttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/nature-live/field-work-with-nature-live/blog
Members of the Nature Live team will be accompanying Museum scientists as they carry out their research in the field. Follow them in their adventures.Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:44:59 GMTJive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/)2012-02-18T09:44:59ZDay 12 - Lichens, a Tapir and many things that flutter in the nighthttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/nature-live/field-work-with-nature-live/blog/2012/02/18/day-12--lichens-a-tapir-and-many-things-that-flutter-in-the-night
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:595049f6-fe26-4377-b48b-cd298e4ee776] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I was just about to submit today&rsquo;s blog when Holger rushed back from a walk to say he had seen a huge Tapir &ndash; maybe 1.2 metres tall. He said it caused the earth to vibrate! I ran down to the river to catch it crossing - have a look, it&rsquo;s a bit shaky but I was very excited. It&rsquo;s very rare to see a Tapir here so I am very chuffed with myself for catching it on film.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>I also filmed the others&rsquo; reaction back at the hut.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span id="46011736_8a0c_4859_9125_78367f21d44f"> <script type="text/javascript">$j(function() {$j('#46011736_8a0c_4859_9125_78367f21d44f').flash(null,{ version: 9 },function() {$j('#46011736_8a0c_4859_9125_78367f21d44f').html('<object data="http://video-svc.jivesoftware.com/plugins/player.swf?p=blog&amp;auth_token=e4c5a502ebba3533eb9233efdb9b23b98cfd6f7448f6d1ee1d0b2e863419bea5" height="328" id="embedded_player74789c90f15ae" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="520"><param name="movie" value="http://video-svc.jivesoftware.com/plugins/player.swf?v=74789c90f15ae&amp;p=blog&amp;auth_token=e4c5a502ebba3533eb9233efdb9b23b98cfd6f7448f6d1ee1d0b2e863419bea5"/><param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash"/><param name="codebase" value="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,30,0"/><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="quality" value="high"/><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"/><param name="base" value="http://video-svc.jivesoftware.com"/><param name="flashvars" value="v=0&amp;l=[{video_id:\'74789c90f15ae\',logo_file:\'http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2236/nhm-video-watermark.png\'}]"/></object>');},function() {$j('#46011736_8a0c_4859_9125_78367f21d44f').html('<div class="flash-not-installed" id="flash-not-installed"><h4><span class="jive-icon-med jive-icon-warn"></span>Attention:</h4>You will need to update your browsers Flash Player plugin to see videos on this site. <p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash">Update your Flash Player here. Its free and fast.</a></p> </div>');}); });
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</script></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(My apologies for the low quality of the film but I had to make it smaller to be able to upload it - I'll see if I can update it to a higher resolution version later)</strong></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>At night, once the generator has been turned off we our at the mercy of our head lamps.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>We enter the world of things that flutter in the night. Beautiful and bizarre, I made a short clip from photos Alex took last night, after lights out.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span id="a012ad16_bc29_4038_bec0_2c58d900dd9b"> <script type="text/javascript">$j(function() {$j('#a012ad16_bc29_4038_bec0_2c58d900dd9b').flash(null,{ version: 9 },function() {$j('#a012ad16_bc29_4038_bec0_2c58d900dd9b').html('<object data="http://video-svc.jivesoftware.com/plugins/player.swf?p=blog&amp;auth_token=e4c5a502ebba3533eb9233efdb9b23b92cec3cb0ff9e8b94274ecf8050fa9f64" height="328" id="embedded_player9f5d943ce5957" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="520"><param name="movie" value="http://video-svc.jivesoftware.com/plugins/player.swf?v=9f5d943ce5957&amp;p=blog&amp;auth_token=e4c5a502ebba3533eb9233efdb9b23b92cec3cb0ff9e8b94274ecf8050fa9f64"/><param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash"/><param name="codebase" value="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,30,0"/><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="quality" value="high"/><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"/><param name="base" value="http://video-svc.jivesoftware.com"/><param name="flashvars" value="v=0&amp;l=[{video_id:\'9f5d943ce5957\',logo_file:\'http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2236/nhm-video-watermark.png\'}]"/></object>');},function() {$j('#a012ad16_bc29_4038_bec0_2c58d900dd9b').html('<div class="flash-not-installed" id="flash-not-installed"><h4><span class="jive-icon-med jive-icon-warn"></span>Attention:</h4>You will need to update your browsers Flash Player plugin to see videos on this site. <p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash">Update your Flash Player here. Its free and fast.</a></p> </div>');}); });
</script></span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>And speaking of flutterers &ndash; I had a visitor to the laptop today.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2225-29472/Day+12+PIC+4.JPG"><img alt="Day 12 PIC 4.JPG" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="174" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2225-29472/310-174/Day+12+PIC+4.JPG" width="310"/></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>My keyboard must be pretty filthy and he/she spent a good 5 mins tasting it!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2225-29473/Day+12+PIC+5.JPG"><img alt="Day 12 PIC 5.JPG" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="174" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2225-29473/310-174/Day+12+PIC+5.JPG" width="310"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2225-29474/Day+12+PIC+6.JPG"><img alt="Day 12 PIC 6.JPG" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="174" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2225-29474/310-174/Day+12+PIC+6.JPG" width="310"/></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Species of the day goes to Holger and joins up today&rsquo;s themes nicely! It is a lichen in the genus <em>Dictyonema</em> (most probably <em>D. sericeum</em>)</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2225-29475/Day+12+PIC+7.jpg"><img alt="Day 12 PIC 7.jpg" class="jive-image" height="552" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2225-29475/310-552/Day+12+PIC+7.jpg" width="310"/></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>And it is species of the day because it could be confused (or vice versa) with one of the moths from last night. What amazing camouflage!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2225-29476/Day+12+PIC+8.jpg"><img alt="Day 12 PIC 8.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="207" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2225-29476/310-207/Day+12+PIC+8.jpg" width="310"/></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Tomorrow, I am going to report on a day with the florwering plant team and attempt a tropical bioblitz.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:595049f6-fe26-4377-b48b-cd298e4ee776] -->butterflieslichensmothshutroofcamouflagealex_monroholger_thuestalamanca_mountainsdaniel_santa_marialichenologistyetitapirdictyonema_sericeumdictyonemaSat, 18 Feb 2012 09:44:59 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/nature-live/field-work-with-nature-live/blog/2012/02/18/day-12--lichens-a-tapir-and-many-things-that-flutter-in-the-nightTom - Nature Live host2012-02-18T09:44:59Z3 years, 5 months ago20http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/nature-live/field-work-with-nature-live/blog/comment/day-12--lichens-a-tapir-and-many-things-that-flutter-in-the-nighthttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/nature-live/field-work-with-nature-live/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=2225Day 8 - Santa and the Yetihttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/nature-live/field-work-with-nature-live/blog/2012/02/14/day-8--santa-and-the-yeti
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